The intersection of computer science, data analytics, and biology is shaping how we understand and treat diseases and serves as a catalyst for improved health and economic growth.
- Computational medicine is a rapidly growing segment of the life sciences industry, accounting for nearly 28% of all active job postings on BioSpace. Further, computational medicine offers jobs that span education requirements from high school to graduate degree.
- Indiana’s existing assets and investments position the state for continued leadership in computational medicine and bioinformatics. Indiana’s industry, academic, and non-profit stakeholders have unlocked tens of millions of dollars in investment in workforce and infrastructure to ensure that the state plays a key role in the future of computational medicine.
- Among these investments is a proposed PhD Program at the Indiana University School of Medicine, which will position graduates to enter a robust and growing job market that has economic impact multipliers well above the average for other sectors. Graduates from the Program could generate over $24m in national and $6m in in-state annual economic impact via direct and indirect job creation alone by 2036.
